Laura Manuel 🇨🇦

@lauram1066

Art, movement, and nature before dishes. Edmonton-based paddler, ultra trail runner, hiker, feminist, writer.

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Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· 27d

Mid-week adventure to Glacier Lake. #hiking #backpacking #banff #alberta #canada #rockies #mountains

Lake like glass reflecting mountains, forest, and sky

Glacial stream with log across it in the foreground. Green reeds on either side. Mountains in the background.

Lake reflecting mountains, forest, and sky

Lake reflecting mountains. Grass on the right side. Yellow buttercup in bottom left corner.

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Jul 10

Took out the new OC-6 last night. #paddling #leduc #outrigger #canada

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Jul 6

Not my best performance but LOVED Alpenglow #ultra in #valemount this past weekend. 65k and 3300m of vert. Rain, snow, and sunburn. Tough race course but STUNNING scenery. And summit bacon… what?! Highly recommend for 2027. @coastmtntrail.bsky.social #trailrunning #trailrunner #canada #rockies #vale

Trail runner at mountain summit looking at camera holding bacon

Steam flowing towards mountains and forest

Mountain lake framed by trees in foreground

Runners at the the finish line with finish arch in bacground. Race Director Gary Robbins in the middle.

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Jun 29

Saturday and Sunday team photo 🤣🌧️

Two team photos. Top one is paddlers on a sunny day, bottom photo are the same paddlers the following day in the rain

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Jun 29

Great race weekend at #lethbridge #dragonboat festival. My #edbrc mixed and open crew took gold in 200m. Mixed took silver in 500m. Sunday afternoon races cancelled due to torrential rain and high wind gusts. #paddle #paddling #yeg

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Jun 24

They have been found (amazingly still all together) near Smoky Lake

Dragon boats tied to a dock floating downstream

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Jun 23

With all this rain, the North Saskatchewan River got so high last night that it took ALL the dragonboats from our club. That’s right, all of Edmonton’s dragonboats have disappeared over night 😢. Waiting to hear if people see them downstream. #yeg #dragonboat #flood

Photo of dock leading to high water where another dock and dragonboats used to be.

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Jun 21

Two weeks to #alpenglow. Stuck it out for 30k in the POURING rain for today’s LSD. #trailrunning #rain #trailrunner #yeg

Rain soaked trail runners posing for selfie

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Jun 7

Final west coast run before heading back to Alberta. Mount Galiano and the Bluffs were perfect. Racing #Alpenglow in 4 weeks. #trailrunning #trailrunner #canada #britishcolumbia

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· May 31

I’ve trashed my feet but plan to be healed for my ultra in 5 weeks. #hikingistraining #wct #pacific #hiking #britishcolumbia #canada 3/3

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· May 30

Day 5, we got up at 3:30 am and hiked out with our headlights so we could walk around Owen Point (you can only do this during low tide). 2/3

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· May 30

Finished the West Coast Trail yesterday. Even though the trail is popular, it is not to be underestimated. 5 days, 4 nights, 83k. We are strong and experienced but some sections we had a pace of only 3k/hr. STUNNING scenery. One bear, some cougar tracks, LOTS of mud, and so many ladders. 1/3

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· May 3

Dragonboat season begins! Dock and boats are in the water as of today! #edbrc #yeg #dragonboat #dragonboating #paddle #paddling

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Apr 16

Trail dog says he is officially tired of snowy runs. He wonders if it will ever be spring. Will he ever run dry trails again? #springrunning #neverendingwinter #trailrunning #yeg #trailrunner

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Apr 6

I got in 13 loops yesterday at #hillofarace (How many loops can one do on the ski hill in 6hrs?) Same as last year. Hoping for 14 but, oh well. Great challenge and beautiful day with #yeg ‘s awesome #trailrunning community ♥️. #trailrunner #elevationtraining

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Mar 25

Speed work between snowflakes this morning. Spring, where are you? #trailrunning #yeg #trailrunner

Path to the right mirroring the curve of Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River on left. Snowy city skyline in the distance. Dim morning light through snow flurries.

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Mar 22

Still so-much-snow! Sun came out once we had finished 🤷‍♀️. Twice to the summit today for a sweet 1500m of gain. #trailrunning #trailrunner #elevationtraining #alberta #canadianrockies

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Mar 8

During what feels like the end of times, mountain trails are essential for sanity. #trailrunning #trailrunner #running #canadianrockies #alberta #mountains

Rocky trail bordered by spruce with mountains in the background

Mountain top selfie. Snow covered mountain top, mountain range in the background, woman in red wind breaker on the left.

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Feb 8

This is my home for the next 10 days. The #CaetaniCentre in #vernon will be (if all goes well) where I finalize my manuscript and book proposal. #writing #writinglife #writingresidency

Historic Caetani Cultural Centre. An old mansion in green and white with wrap around veranda.

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Jan 25

Today’s #yeg #hypohalf started in -17 with a wind - way warmer than previously forecast. I was just shy of sub 2hrs. For an average, middle age runner in cleats on ice, I felt strong and happy. So… winning? But geez, road running is SO different from the trails! #winterrunning #running #Canada

Runners departing at the start line for a winter half marathon. Running Room’s iconic red blowup gate is in the background.

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Jan 3

PB up Ha Ling Peak today. I’ve done this trail dozens of times, but the views are still spectacular. #canmore #alberta #canada #rockies #mountains #rockymountains #trailrunning #winterrunning

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Dec 28

When your GPS reflects your “three year old with a crayon” feelings about running on the indoor track. #running #indoortrailrunner #Coros

Yellow GPS scribble overtop of satellite imagery the to reflect the route of running on the indoor track.

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Dec 24

Ahhh. Nothing like highway blizzard driving on Christmas Eve 😬. Stay safe, folks. #Alberta #blizzard #ChristmasEve #yeg

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Dec 22

Outdoor runs are shorter in this cold. -25 degrees, eye-cicles, and three layers of clothes. Yet sun rays and long shadows promise days are only getting longer from here. #winterrunning #yeg #trailrunning #running

Low sun at the horizon on the right. Black dog looks out toward the North Saskatchewan River which is still not fully frozen.

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Dec 17

This extraordinarily disrespectful letter was sent to all Alberta parents with children in a secular school system. I WILL be drafting a response today. #ucp #ableg

Letter from Alberta’s Minister of Education to parents. Letter assumes the audience is Christian.

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Dec 14

This weekend’s long run brought to you by postcard perfect mountain scenery. #trailrunning #winterrunning #Canada #Canmore #Alberta #RockyMountains

Evergreens covered with heavy snow. Mountains in the background with blue sky.

Bridge across an open stream in heavy snow. Mountain peaks in the background.

Blue green lake with reflection of forests and mountain. Snow at the edges.

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Dec 6

Weather very rarely keeps me from running outside. Fresh air, sunshine, and trees are as essential as the physical run. Today’s -17 with a wind chill made it feel like -23. #trailrunning #winterrunning #running #yeg #canada

Trail on the right side of frame following a nearly frozen North Saskatchewan River. Edmonton’s downtown high rises can be seen in the distance.

Laura Manuel 🇨🇦@lauram1066· Nov 29

“Why do we live here?” I was asked last night referring to the frigid dark. “Are you kidding?” I thought. “The next day’s shimmer, of course!” Trail Dog agrees. Witness today’s winter long run in the #yeg river valley in -15. Also, new ice bug shoes ftw. #trailrunning #winterrunning #canada